Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-12

vosrnino creatures, and jumping in
slommed the door aud yanked the cur
' "Wbere TO. sir 2" beloved the driver
through the roof.
Anywhere" came IRON o voice
uitb;n that was surcbarged with an
cuish "Anywhere, but for the love
Of Heaven get me away from these
The cab rolled around the corner
and the women, looking monstrously
unhappy. drifted away amid the jibes
and leers OF the crowd.
ourry yIcToRIA's wEDDING-cAKE.
A piece of rich, moldy wedding
cake with an inch and q half OF mnsty
snoar.frosting was sent by express last
week by the CuDard steamer AS lnbi-
lee present 10 Queen Victoria. There
were furnished silver leaves on the relic,
and q faded bit of ivory satln-rlbbon
kent il from falling to pieces. Her
Majesty will no doubt he surprised to
receive such gift from America but
IFS oenuineness is so well authenticated
that there can be no question that 1t
was cut from the identical wedding
cake that graced the festive board on
tbe occasion of the marriage in 1910 OF
the Young Alexandria Victoria to her
cousin. the handsome young Prince
Albert of Saxe-COburg Gotha. How
came this relic in the posses.
sion of resident OF the United
States The Lord Lieutenant OF Ire
land in 1910 was Lord Mulgraye. His
wife. who was noted leader of society,
distributed n large slice Of the cake
among her friends. One of these was
A Mrs. Kohler, who lived at 7 Lower
Sackville street, Dublin. Mrs. kohler
now lives and has lived for many years
in Mount Vernon with her son-in-law,
CAPTAIN s. ". Saunders, q. A. H.
Captain Saunders, by the way, IS the
man who toasted jeff. Davis at the ban
quet given in honor Of the Confederate
leader about year ago i'll Savannah
bv the Chatham Artillery, which ac-
ton called upon him in some quarters
bowls of execration. Mrs. Kohler IS CON
siderably over eighty years old, and IS
exceedingly well preserved. She Is
still loyal subject of the Queen. and
has treasured the precious piece of cake
with Jealous care. She felt, however,
that as Victoria only has jubilee once
in fifty wears, she would yield up the
novel memento to the Empress Queen.
OF course the Queen Of England must
not have express packages sent direct
to her, especially in these days OF dyna-
mite. The divinity that doth hedge
a king" necessitates parcels and letters
being forwarded TO the Right Honora-
BE the Lord Chamberlain. The cake
has been sent this functiOnary, and 1t
now remains to be seen what the Queen
will have to say to Mrs. KOhler when
she receives the package with Its an
tiQue contents.
PLAYGROUNDs or THE PEOPLE.
Ore very foggy night last week, as ]
stepped out of the Hoffman House, /
was approached by a baneyolent-look-
ing old gentlemen, who stopped me.
Pardon me, he said, but | have
been puzzled to know what those lights
up there are supported by. Can you
tell me?
Following the direction of his finger
| saw that he referred to the electric
lights in Madison Square. The fog en-
tirely hid the supporting pole and made
it appear as though the lights were
floating in the air. 1 had hardly finish
ed my explanations to the old gentle
man when the fog lifted and the whole
Of the square was revealed, with It's
dark foliage and the patches Of light on
the two walks. 1t was 4 beautiful
scene, and my country friend let sigh
of pleasure escape him. / lett hun
and crossed over to the little park.
Although the night up to this time had
been very damp the benches were
nearly ali occupied. The occupants
were people Of all ages and national
tiles.
Ononc bench sat two homeless tramps
vainlv endeavoring to appear awake, 50
as to deceive the watchlul eye OF the
watchful policeman. A short distance
away. on bench withdrawn into the
shadow of large maple-tree, sat two
lowlv lovers with their arms around
each others waists. They were silently
Gazing at the beautiful scene before
them. A little further on were two
neighborly German mothers with their
babes asleep in their arms. They had
come over from the crowded tene-
ment district on the East Side 10
oct breath of fresh air. Just then
two lat little bowlegged men, with
pipes in their mouths, approached.
They were the husbands OF the two
German women. To them, rs well as
to the others, this little patch OF green
in the desert Of stone around them WAS
a great pleasure ground, whose benefits
were not to be lightly considered. 20
ward the Twenty third-street eud oil tnc
square the benches were more thlnhly
crowded together, and the young r and
noIsier persons occupied them. Here
BOYS and girls were playing games on
the tar walks. The merry shouts OF
fresh Young voices resoundcd through
the air and amused the older people,
who we're watching their frolics.
There is not a city in the country
where q similar scene could b. OBJ
served. In the centre OF one Of the
most busy thorughfares in the city, sur
rounded on all sides by immense ouiii-
ings devoted to business and large no.
tells, this little park is nevertheless as
much shut ont from all the noise and
clangor Of busy life as though it had
been located up in Harlem. Exactly
similar to it is Union Square, and Of
tie two the latter is more frequentcd
10y the poorer people. 1t is in more
democratic neighborhood, and further
away from the freezing influence OF
the aristocratic clubs and hotels.
TO the working people who live in
the vicinity, or near enough to be able
to walk TO them, these parks are more
beneficial and a source of greater
delight than the great Central Park.
The latter is hedged in by so many